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Live video. "American Pie live performance on BBC, July 29, 1972" on YouTube. " American Pie " is a song by American singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released in 1971 on the album of the same name, the single was the number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972 starting January 15 [2] after just eight weeks on the US Billboard charts ...
Don McLean shares how he came to write 'American Pie,' from delivering papers with the news of Buddy Holly's death to meeting the Everly Brothers.
On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were all killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson. [ a ][ 1 ][ 2 ] The event became known as " The Day the Music Died " after singer-songwriter Don McLean referred to it as such in his ...
McLean wrote the lyrics in 1970 after reading a book about the life of Van Gogh. [2] It was released on McLean's 1971 American Pie album; the following year, the song topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks, [3] and peaked at No. 12 in the United States, [4] where it also hit No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart. [5]
The lyrics, he said, “came right out” of him after seeing the video of Floyd. “That guy’s not dangerous,” McLean said. “This man can’t breathe. He’s on the ground is calling for ...
Donald McLean III / m ə ˈ k l eɪ n / (born October 2, 1945) [1] is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, known to fans as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail". [2] [3] He is best known for his 1971 hit "American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock song that has been referred to as a "cultural touchstone". [4]
On a CD of the album American Pie, the song American Pie on it was 8:32. The article says otherwise My copy of the song seems to say 8:32. — Ambush Commander 22:20, 4 February 2006 (UTC) According to allmusic, it's 8:38. -- Ritchy 23:31, 4 February 2006 (UTC) It all probably depends on how long it fades out at the end.
Released: February 1972[2] American Pie is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released by United Artists Records in October 1971. The folk rock album reached number one on the Billboard 200, containing the chart-topping singles "American Pie" and "Vincent". Recorded in May and June 1971 at The Record Plant in New ...